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Purple haze refers to a state of mind induced by psychedelic drugs, particularly LSD. [86] Wearing purple is a military slang expression in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. for an officer who is serving in a joint assignment with another service, such as an Army officer on assignment to the Navy. The officer is symbolically putting aside his or ...
A mondegreen (/ ˈ m ɒ n d ɪ ˌ ɡ r iː n / ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning. [1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.
The term “purple prose” stretches back to circa 18 B.C. and the “Ars Poetica” of Horace, according to Charles Harrington Elster in his 2005 book, “What in the Word?” A phrase Horace ...
The phrase is similar to the Latin phrase "A Mari Usque Ad Mare" ("From sea to sea"), which is the official motto of Canada. [41] "Purple mountain majesties" refers to the shade of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which inspired Bates to write the poem. [42] The idiom inspired the Colorado Rockies to have purple as one of its team ...
Oprah Winfrey has worn the color purple 14 times to promote the movie. In other words: fourteen fabulous reasons purple is the best color.
A color term (or color name) is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. The color term may refer to human perception of that color (which is affected by visual context) which is usually defined according to the Munsell color system, or to an underlying physical property (such as a specific wavelength of visible light).
These short and sweet messages make a big statement.
Deep Purple "Stormbringer" "Cocksucker, motherfucker, stormbringer!" [24] Occurs at the beginning of the song before the first verse. Def Leppard "Rocket" "We are fighting with the gods of war" A preview of another song, "Gods of War", on the album Hysteria. [15] "White Lightning" "She's got the rhythm of love"